Fire-extinguishing apparatus



(No'Mndel.)

` FIRE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS. No. 278,307; Patented May 29,1883.` lFlam?. /i/` l`\ -f n Pzmzs. mammography, wuhingm 0.o.

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,A DANIEL BECK, oE oHIoAGo, ILLINoIs.

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SPECIFICATIONfornning part of LettersPatent No. 278,30*?,dated May 1883.

i Application tiled January ll, 1883. (No model.)

To alt whom t't may concern y y A Be it known that I, DANIEL BECK, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, iu the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have `invented a new and usefulFire-Extinguishing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying' drawings. y

This invention relates to fire-extinguishing apparatus, and has for itsobject to provide a i simple, inexpensive, and efficient arrangement ofpipes to be permanently disposed throughout the building, and adapted todistribute water over any or all parts of the building, as desired,without the necessity of the firemen entering the house.

` In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of a building havingmyimproved extinguishing apparatus. Fig. l2 is a vertical transversesectional View of the saine. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view `onthe line z z, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Beferringto the drawings, A designates the house to which myinvention isapplied, which is constructed `in any desired manner, the one hereinshown having three stories, B B2 B3,

` respectively, as shown.

The'compartme'nts C of theihouse have a series of pipes, D, arrangedaround the top of the room, and 'preferably conforming to the contourthereof. These series of pipes are perforated around their entiresurfaces, as shown at E. The system ofpipesof eachtloor of the house canbe independently arranged; but the pipes of each room are preferablyindependent of the pipes of any otherroom, as herein shown.' Thus fromtheseries of pipes in each room extend-s `a feed-pipe, F, to a mainpipe, G, these feed-pipes being provided with cocks" H, by which thewater can be turned on to any one room,` or independent section ofpipes. The mainpipe G connects with, the Water-main I in the street, andis i provided with a suitably-arranged cock, J, for governin gythe feedof the water from the street-main,

The feed-pipe G is also provided with a coup` ling, K, between its cockJ andthe feed-pipes F, by which coupling `hose from a `fire-engine canbe readily connected tothe pipe G, and` force water with great powerthrough the latter into any of the pipes` F that have their cocks open.Y .If desired,a reservoir, L, on top of the house, can be connected by afeed pipe, M,

with the independent systems of `perforated pipes, D, this feedpi pe Mbeing provided with a cock,N, at each section of pipes D, and also witha cock, 0, at the reservoir. The gravity of the water in the reservoirwill force itwith considerable power through the pipes. 6o The operationof my invention is obvious. y

In case of fire, the main cock J has only to be turned on, when thewater from the streetmain will rush into thetire-extinguishing-apparatus feed-pipe G. Then,.by turning the desiredcock El, the whole force ofthe water from `the streetinain will bedirected to any certain room that may be the seat of the fire, and willbe forced in all directions through the perforations in the'pipes D. Byturning 7'o on all the cocks H the water cnn be caused to play intoevery room of the house simultane- `ously. Upon the arrival of theengines they the combination, with the building having the series ofperforated pipes D, and provided with, the closet or compartment P' atthe ground, of the feed-pipes F, extending from the series of pipes Ddown vertically and par- 9o allel into the closet, and eachprovided witha shut off cock, H, at its lower end in the closet, and the mainfeed-pipe G, arranged horizontally in the closet, into which the bottomends` of the vertical parallel series of supplementary feed-pipes Fopen, said pipe G being provided vvith a cock, J, in the closet, andarranged, between its feed end and the series of pipes F, whereby allthe supplementary pipesl F are brought into the horizontal pipe G in theIoo closet, and the whole arrangement can only be operated from thelattenas set forth.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL BECK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GERHART, WILLIAM SCHUBERT.

